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     unknown Hay is the son of David Hay of Woodcockdale and Helen Bruce.¹

     James Morris was born in 1993.¹ He is the son of Christopher Morris and Joanna Mary Gordon-Cumming.¹

     General unknown Middleton lived at Letham, Scotland^G.¹

     John Jackson married Rachel Johnston, daughter of Joseph Johnston.¹
     He was a merchant at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.²

     Charles Bruce was born after 1621.¹ He was the son of Sir William Bruce of Stenhouse, 1st Bt. and Rachel Johnston.¹

     Captain Sir Peter Parker, 2nd Bt. was born on 18 April 1786.³ He was the son of Vice-Admiral Christopher Parker and Augusta Barbara Charlotte Byron.⁴ He was baptised on 22 May 1786.³ He married Marianne Dallas, daughter of Sir George Dallas, 1st Bt., in 1809.^1,4 He died on 3 August 1814 at age 28 at Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., killed in action.^1,3
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wexford from 1810 to 1811.⁵ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Parker [G.B., 1783] on 21 December 1811. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Margaret Gordon was the daughter of James Gordon.¹

     James Gordon lived at Banff, Banffshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Sir Peter Colpoys Paley Johnson, 7th Bt. was born on 26 March 1930.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt. and Carol Louise Glorney Haas.¹ He married, firstly, Clare Bruce, daughter of Nigel Patrick Bruce and Audrey Patricia Villiers Clarendon, on 7 August 1956.² He and Clare Bruce were divorced in 1972.² He married, secondly, Caroline Elisabeth Hodsoll, daughter of W/Cdr. Sir Eric John Hodsoll, in 1973.¹ He died on 24 May 2003 at age 73.³
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.³ He retired from the military in 1949, with the rank of Captain, late of the Royal Artillery.³ He was educated at Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, England^G.³ From 7 August 1956, his married name became Bruce. He wrote the book Ocean Racing and Offshore Yachts, published 1970.³ He wrote the book Boating Britain, published 1973.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Johnson, of New York, in North America [G.B., 1755] on 14 December 1975.³ He wrote the book Guiness Guide to Sailing, published 1981.³ He wrote the book The Encyclopedia of Yachting, published 1989.³ He wrote the book Yacht Clubs of the World, published 1994.³ He wrote the book Yacht Rating, published 1997.³ He wrote the book World Sailing Records, published 2002.³ He wrote the book Reed's Maritime Flags, published 2002.³ He lived in 2003 at Dene End, Buckland Dene, Lymington, Hants SO41 9DT^G.³